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The Road Back to Melody
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a thousand bad decisions dragging behind him.
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The Art of Storytelling in Newsletters
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Enjoy this free class in storytelling
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Minibooks from the Heart
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The "what ifs" of life
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Through the Mirror
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A Cautionary Tale About the Cost of Criticism
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The Maplewood Murmurs
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What's going on?
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Innocent Romance
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When Emma moves to a small coastal town she is surprised with short notes.
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Love Across Distance
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An online romance that ...
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Long Distance Friend
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Will it last?
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Beneath the Italian Sun
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The way to a woman's heart
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Echoes of the City
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#8 in the Elliot and Sam detective series
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Child of Silence
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#7 of Elliot and Sam Detective Series
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Phantom Sculptor
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Terror in Art
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SHORT STORY
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Vanished Bride
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Biggest wedding in area...no bride
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SHORT STORY
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Darkness of the Order
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Young Adult
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2329156
Elliot and Sam starts an adventure.
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FICTION
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Ian MacGregor: Two More Lives Saved
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Amazing what a Keeper can do.
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Introducing My Storywriting Journey
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Let’s Build Stories Together
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SHORT STORY
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The Box of Shadows
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The glass rippled, and a dark figure began to form within it.
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Second Chances
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2327418
The first try might not be the right try
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A Latte Love
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A Chance Meeting
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FICTION
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Find Me
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What did it take?
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ARTICLE
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What is Artificial Intelligence?
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Get to know it.
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Embrace AI as Your Assistant
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The Future of Personal and Professional Productivity
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INTERVIEW
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This Is My Life!
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Family
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Casting a film based on my own life was surreal.
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Apr 30th, 2024
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FICTION
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Oliver and Luna
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Animal
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forever friends
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SHORT STORY
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Awakening
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A family of dolls
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Feb 7th, 2024
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FICTION
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Happy New Year, 2024
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Arts
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Inspiring year
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Dec 31st, 2023
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Arts
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Career
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BULLETIN
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GreenCycle
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Career
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Sustainable Food Production and Waste Management
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Dec 12th, 2023
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Career
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SHORT STORY
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The December Promise
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2310066
Amazing things happen in December.
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FICTION
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Eleanor and Alexander
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History
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Historical romance
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FICTION
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Oakridge
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The cleansing
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Writing
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Samuel
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Welcome back...
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SHORT STORY
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November...
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Inspiration is where you find it.
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FICTION
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Journey of the Savannah's Heart
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Animal
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In the vast expanse of the African savannah
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SHORT STORY
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Cop Shop Mystery 2023 Contest Entry
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What a Mystery!!
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FICTION
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Forgotten Melody Resurfaces
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Magic really does happen.
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SHORT STORY
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Olivia and Jake and ...
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Is a book contract worth it?
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Sep 3rd, 2023
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Oct 6th, 2023
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ESSAY
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The Love We Feel
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Death
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Love, in many ways, transcends the limitations of our corporeal existence
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Sep 1st, 2023
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Sep 27th, 2025
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FICTION
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Mine
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The sunken ship was a ghastly sight
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Jul 25th, 2023
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Jul 25th, 2023
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FICTION
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Who Are You?
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mimic's curse
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Jul 6th, 2023
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Jul 6th, 2023
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FICTION
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The Key
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Finding the secret.
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Jun 22nd, 2023
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Aug 28th, 2024
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NOVELLA
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Rowan's Song
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Mythology
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2344615
The way back home
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Aug 2nd, 2025
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SHORT STORY
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The Day the Paint Ran
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Most things start small.
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SHORT STORY
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The Dawn of Independence
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Holiday
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Today, they had declared themselves something new. Americans.
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SHORT STORY
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The Last Summer with Grandma Lucy
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The times never to be forgotten.
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Romantasy
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Why We Crave Love in Fantasy Worlds
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The Last Stop in Gallup
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The first time in years these men met up.
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A Harbor in Western Ireland
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A fog bound harbor in Ireland where the lighthouse keeper swears the light answers back.
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The House That Would Not Forget
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Clara Vale returned to Blackridge Manor.
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Disappear
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How to be there one day and not the next.
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Ellen's Eli
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Ghost
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Her 2:17 date.
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